Writer
Lisa Waller
Dr Lisa Waller is Professor of Digital Communication in the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Australia. Her research investigates how the news media shapes society, from Indigenous Affairs, to its roles in rural and regional communities and the justice system. Lisa is the author of two recent books: Local Journalism in a Digital World (Palgrave Macmillan) and The Dynamics of News Media and Indigenous Policy in Australia (Intellect).
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Who benefits from the ABC’s rural journalism?
As part of the ABC’s financial deal with tech giants Google and Facebook late last year it committed to investing the revenue in regional and rural Australia. Brian Burkett, Emma Mesikämmen and Lisa Waller analysed ABC Rural’s radio programming around the recent federal election to find out who benefits from the ABC’s rural journalism. Continue reading »
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ABC Country Hour – mouthpiece of Liberal National Party and rural elites?
ABC Country Hour is marketed as the “voice of the bush”; but whose voice and whose bush? A recent investigation reveals how Country Hour does the bidding of the Liberal and National Parties and their powerful friends while glossing over the likes of climate change, Indigenous issues and the #watergate scandal. Continue reading »
